It's near us, and we could see the physical structure being built a year ago, but it was then a mystery to us. Our Three mobile phone signal (the only one that could reach our area at all) is extremely weak, but nobody seemed to know whose mast it was. It wasn't marked on Comreg's map (too early, and/or wrong type of mast), or on Cellmapper's, so I enquired about it back then in this forum.
Your tech people made a lot of effort to help, but could find nothing about the mast. All they knew for sure was that Three hadn't built it.
Also that 3 had no plans to build any in our area, though that wasn't unexpected, as O2 and 3 had always been careful not to raise false hopes of any prospect of improving our signal. (Both carriers would have checked the physical condition of the mast it was from, if they could. But we hadn't a clue where it was, and for some reason their usual checks etc failed to find it).
I later heard that the new mast was probably an Eir one. (Then our bank recently added two-factor authentication by text for online payments!). And we've just happened to hear that it's defininitely an Eir mast. But also that it's now gone live, and that raised a new hope.
Last year, I'd gathered from extensive searching on the subject that it looked like a certain type of low-profile mast being built in rural areas with little or no mobile phone signal, where communications are most essential. I think the purpose most commonly mentioned was encouraging/enabling people who can work remotely to do just that, and also encourage local businesses and communities. (There was a scheme involved; I can't remember what it was called, but think it was Europe-wide).
I also gathered that the infrastructure was designed to be usable by more than one network. But that's the nearest I could get to being certain, with failing to find any consistent term for that system. (Anyone know?)
Now that the situation's changed, will Three be availing of the mast (if it is indeed possible)?
I'd really like to stay with Three, and their ideal (in this household) PAYG plans for both mobiles and router (and their customer service!).
I know Gomo is an option, but first want to check whether Three could avail of this mast?
I don't know how much that would depend on customer demand. Or how it could be measured. (I could imagine existing Three customers looking for a new place round here just driving straight through, with zero signal on the nearest road!).
The mast has now appeared on Cellmapper's map, complete with a name/location, and I could include an image of that in private messaging. (I didn't see any more identifying info, but think authorised industry contacts can).
